Chapter 1

Question 1

Blood clotting is an example of what type of feedback

Answer 1

Positive

Question 2

Maintaining body temperature is an example of what type of feedback

Answer 2

Negative

Question 3

The sum of all chemical processes that occur in the body

Answer 3

Metabolism

Question 4

Gallbladder

Answer 4

Abdominal cavity

Question 5

Heart

Answer 5

Pericardial

Question 6

Spinal cord

Answer 6

Vertebral

Question 7

Urinary bladder

Answer 7

Pelvic cavity

Question 8

Lung

Answer 8

Pleural cavity

Question 9

Heart and portions of the esophagus and trachea

Answer 9

Mediastinum cavity

Question 10

Stomach

Answer 10

Abdominal

Question 11

Liver

Answer 11

Abdominal cavity

Question 12

Ovaries

Answer 12

Pelvic

Question 13

Which major body system supports and protects the body, assists in body movements,and houses cells that give rise to blood cells

Answer 13

Skeletal

Question 14

The name and condition in which the internal body remains stable within certain physiological limits

Answer 14

Homeostasis

Question 15

What major body system is responsible for the physical and chemical breakdown of food as well as absorption

Answer 15

Digestive system

Question 16

Name the science that deals with why, when and where diseases occur and how they are transmitted within a defined human population

Answer 16

Epidemiology

Question 17

The change that a cell undergoes from an unspecialized one to a specialized one

Answer 17

Differentiation

Question 18

Which major body system regulates the volume and chemical composition of blood and eliminates waste

Answer 18

Urinary system

Question 19

Any time a region of the body is described, such as directions and planes, the assumption is made that the body is in what position

Answer 19

Anatomical

Question 20

Several organs that work together to perform a function

Answer 20

Organ system

Question 21

Which major body system returns tissue fluid to the blood and produces immunity structures and agents

Answer 21

Lymphatic

Question 22

Which major body system contains glands that produce hormones

Answer 22

Endocrine

Question 23

Subjective changes in a person not observable from the outside such as a headache or stomachache

Answer 23

Symptoms

Question 24

Part of a feedback system responsible for receiving output from the control center and producing a response that changes the controlled condition

Answer 24

Effector

Question 25

What major body system does the skin belong to

Answer 25

Integumentary

Question 26

A group of tissues that function together in the performance of a vital activity

Answer 26

Organ

Question 27

The ability to detect and react to changes in the external or internal environment

Answer 27

Homeostasis

Question 28

A plane that divides the body into right and left halves

Answer 28

Parasagittal plane

Question 29

Measurable observable changes like swelling or a rash

Answer 29

Signs

Question 30

The study of structures of the body and relationships between them

Answer 30

Anatomy

Question 31

Levels of organization from most complex to simplest level

Answer 31

Organism 
System
Organ 
Tissue 
Cell 
Chemical

Question 32

Left shoulder to navel

Answer 32

Lateral

Question 33

Ears to the tip of the nose

Answer 33

Lateral/posterior

Question 34

Heart to the lungs

Answer 34

Medial

Question 35

Hand to the wrist

Answer 35

Distal

Question 36

End of the arm to the fingers

Answer 36

Proximal

Question 37

Navel to abdominal cavity

Answer 37

Anterior

Question 38

Birth of a baby is and example of what type of feedback?

Answer 38

Positive